Ruben Amorimaddressed some of the trends that a 4-4 draw for Man Unitedhave highlighted.
The Red Devils are a much more potent outfit this campaign, matching the tally of 30 Premier League goals from league leaders **Arsenalafter 16 games. Only[**Man City](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2025/11/01/manchester-united/1239845-bruno-fernandes-the-constant-cog-in-a-club-of-chaos.html)have a higher total (38), and the team is over two-thirds of the way to equalling their scoring haul from last season.
However, defensive concerns continue: Amorim’s men have kept just one clean sheet this campaign in the league and failed to take the win after taking a 1-0 lead for the fifth time since the start of August. Especially as Amad Diallo and Bryan Mbeumo go to AFCON, these issues need stronger solutions.
“Similar to Nottingham Forest (2-2 draw), we suffer two goals really fast, but we managed to get back to take the advantage again. And then we need to close the game. Again, it was a fun game to watch. Of course, there is a feeling of scoring four goals and not winning the game.
“I think people enjoy more seeing Man United this season, but we need to put both things together. Sometimes closing the games is so important to give a different choice to everything that we did.
“If you understand a bit, if you follow the club, like I follow Premier League for so long, you have not just the duty to try to win the games, but the way you try to win the games is so important for fans.
*“They are desperate to win, but they are also, I feel, desperate to be inspired when they come to Old Trafford. Today was inspiring, I think, but in the end, that feeling of frustration, not winning.*
“It’s understanding of the moments of the game, understanding that a lot of goals after the half-time, we need to start the second half in the different way. So it's everything together, it's not a mentality thing, it's the understanding of the game and how to play the game in different moments.
“I think we are pressing better, we are controlling better the game far from our goal. We are lacking quality when we defend our goal. It’s something that we need to address, of course. I think it’s different when you suffer so many goals and the opponent doesn’t have the same amount – not even near – that we create, it’s really frustrating. But we need to work a lot in the way we defend the box.
“I think we have talent in the back. We have quality players in the back, we just need to be better as a team defending. But that is a good point that at least shows that we took care of the offence, we are improving, but I think it’s not the same situation. We have the characteristics, we just need to work together and to improve our players because they have quality to defend better.”